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Where Artistry Begins
Chinoiserie, florals, landscapes and skies, painted straight onto your wall and designed for that room alone.
A mural turns a plain wall into the thing people remember about a room. If you want murals in Reading, our artists paint them by hand directly onto your wall, designed for that space and no other. Zavoré is based in Birmingham, with a showroom and training centre in London that is open by appointment. Send a photo of the wall and a few ideas and we will respond with how we would approach it.
Reading homes come in a wide range of shapes. A Victorian terrace in Katesgrove or Newtown has tall walls, narrow stairs and a shallow hall, and a painted scene climbing the staircase makes the space feel considered. A 1930s semi in Southcote or Tilehurst may have a plain dining room that wants a centrepiece. A newer flat near the river often has one long white wall and nothing else.
A painted mural has no joins and no pattern repeating down the wall. The artist works to the actual shape of your room, so a branch can bend over a window frame and a sky can drift up into the ceiling.
Chinoiserie means blossom, branches and birds in the manner of old Chinese wallpaper, and it suits a formal dining room in a bigger Caversham house or a Georgian townhouse. We paint it directly on the plaster, or over gold leaf, silver leaf or grasscloth when you want a richer backdrop.
Floral and botanical murals suit family houses with a garden outside the window. You might choose one oversized bloom, or a whole garden painted with real depth. A sky or a landscape is a happy choice for a child’s bedroom.
Reading is full of busy businesses, and a painted wall can give a restaurant, bar, hotel or office reception a character of its own. A brand mark can be worked into the scene. If the wall will be handled a lot, we seal the finished painting so it wipes clean. More is on our murals page.
Start by sending photos, the size of the wall and whatever colours or images you like. We sketch the mural to scale and settle the colours with you before a brush touches the wall. A survey comes before a price, and if the wall needs repair first we say so. Once the design and price are signed off we fix dates, and bigger walls are planned in blocks of days so the artist stays until the last leaf is painted.
You can read about the process on our hand painted murals page. Paint over limewash or marmorino picks up the gentle movement beneath it and gains an aged, fresco like depth, and we can supply both layers. Everything we install we also teach, and the courses cover the plaster side. The wider range is on decorative work.
If you are planning a whole scheme, other work can sit beside a painted wall. A gilded ground under the paint is described in gilding in Reading, and a plaster background under Venetian plastering in Reading. Sculpted pieces are covered by bas relief in Reading and sculptural plaster in Reading. For floors and splashbacks see mosaics in Reading, and for glossy walls lacquered walls in Reading. Ceilings and mouldings are in cornice and coving in Reading, with stone looks in artificial rock in Reading and travertino in Reading. A decorative finishes specialist in Reading can guide you across all of it.
Yes. Every mural is designed for the client. Bring a photograph, a mood board, a sketch or just a feeling you want the room to have, and we turn it into a design for your wall.
Yes. A gilded background in gold or silver leaf with blossom, branches and birds painted over it is one of the most striking ways to finish a feature wall or an alcove.
Yes. Printed paper comes off a roll in set widths with seams and a repeat. A hand painted mural is drawn to your exact wall and is one of a kind.
A mural on a sound, properly prepared wall lasts for years. Where a wall gets heavy wear, we seal it so it can be cleaned.
For a mural in Reading, email sales@zavore.co.uk with photos of the wall and its size, or ring 07592 929191 from Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm. If the wall will be plastered first, order a sample board to choose the background.
Order a sample board tinted to your colour, or send photos and rough measurements of the walls in Reading and we will come back to you with the right finish and a clear quote.
For a quote, email photos and measurements of your walls to sales@zavore.co.uk or call 07592 929191, Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm.
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